Gift Guide for Scoutmasters - Books

Here's some holiday shopping ideas for your favorite Scout leader:

	Working The Patrol Method Authors Rob Faris,Ted Knight and Harry Wimbrough have written an indispensable book for understanding, implementing and maintaining Scouting's centrally important concept, the patrol, in the 21st century. listen to an interview with Rob Faris and Harry Wimbrough in Scoutmaster Podcast 40. Read review Available on Amazon
	The Scouting Party A thoroughly researched, unflinching account of the founding and first decade of the BSA focused on  the lives of Earnest Thompson Seton, Robert Baden-Powell and Daniel Carter Beard. To my knowledge no one has so thoroughly analyzed the events and personalities involved in the founding of the BSA. An interview with author David C. Scott in Scoutmaster Podcast 20 Read full review The Scouting Party on Amazon
	Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Boy Scouts In 2006 a number of alumni of troop 826 in Irving, Texas gathered for a reunion camping trip. They swapped stories and enjoyed the food that their Scoutmaster, Mr. Street, still sharp and active at age 87, cooked for them. As author Richard Bennett listened he understood how much being in Scouting meant to him and the other men there. The result is 'Everything I Need to Know I learned in Boy Scouts' a simple, engaging and inspiring book that captures the universal, timeless aspects of Scouting. Listen to an interview with author, Richard Bennett, on Scoutmaster Podcast 14 Read full review Order the book here
	Camping's Top Secrets My first reaction to this title was "yeah, right". I've been a camper all my life spending a thousand or more nights under canvas or on the trail. My camping education started forty years ago with Colin Fletcher's book 'The Complete Walker' and expanded to the classics written by Horace Kephart, Nessmuk and Bradford Angier. I thought I knew all the tricks until I read 'Camping's Top Secrets'. Read full review Camping's Top Secrets at Amazon
	Freezer Bag Cooking The ingenious technique 'boils down' to this ;  measure ingredients into a 1 quart freezer bag and add hot water, wait a few minutes and viola! - a great-tasting meal. Most of the recipes consist of ingredients you can find on the grocery store shelf Add a home food dehydrator and the possibilities really expand. Blogger and author Sarah Svien offers home made cozies (an insulating fabric envelope for freezer bags) and other supplies at the Trail Cooking Website that features a blog and quite a few recipes. Read full review Purchase Freezer Bag Cooking on Amazon

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[Larry Geiger]

Clarke

Now this is cool. I can just point my wife to this one post and voila I get great Christmas presents. Thanks!